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Sidebar for ChatGPT

Chrome extension·by deadlpool
72
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Sidebar for ChatGPT's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
18%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Productivity
23%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 198,326 productivity extensions
Findings
19
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
5
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 19 distinct issues across 6 severities
19
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 8 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Capture screen content

Can capture screenshots or video of your screen, windows, or tabs

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Medium
Block requests with host access

Can block or redirect network requests and requires host permissions

Medium
Write to clipboard

Can place content onto your clipboard

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Low
Use side panel

Can display content in the browser side panel

Low
Create offscreen documents

Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks

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